The 1975’s Matty Healy Gives Long Speech About Malaysia Concert Controversy Onstage In Dallas

In July, the 1975 headlined the first night of Malaysia’s ironically named Good Vibes Festival. During the festival, frontman Matty Healy made an angry, impassioned statement against the country’s stringent and repressive anti-LGBTQ laws, and he capped it off by making out with bassist Ross MacDonald. Soon afterward, the band’s set was cut short, and Healy told the crowd that they’d been “banned from Kuala Lumpur.” The rest of the festival was cancelled, and organizers claimed tha...

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